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Opinion Israel Elected Golda Meir in 1969. What’s America’s Excuse on Hillary Clinton?
“Isn’t it time America elected its first female president? After all, Israel already had one, way back in the 1960s.” That’s a question I used to ask when I first moved to New York as an Israeli student. I usually delivered it with a cheeky smile and a glint of patriotism. I was proud of…
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Fast Forward White House Pushes Back on West Bank Language in Anti-BDS Bill
The Obama administration said it does not support the portion of a new trade law that requires actions against entities that boycott goods manufactured in lands the United States does not recognize as belonging to Israel. “As with any bipartisan compromise legislation, there are provisions in this bill that we do not support, including a…
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Fast Forward Number of Terror Attacks in Israel Drops Significantly
The number of terrorist attacks recorded in Israel last month decreased by 32 percent over December, bringing the total to a level that was last observed prior to September’s escalation in violence. The Israel Security Agency, or Shin Bet, documented 169 terrorist attacks by Palestinians on Israelis in January, compared to 246 such incidents the…
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The Schmooze Israel Wants to Know: Is Beyonce Coming to Perform?
(Warning: Gratuitous Beyonce Gifs ahead.) There’s a rumor in Israel, and it is spreading like wildfire! Shortly after Beyonce’s show stopping Super Bowl performance and announcement of her Formation world tour, blew up with talk of Queen Bey’s possible Holy Land stop in August. View post on imgur.com By Tuesday, someone created a Facebook group…
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Life Israeli Breast Cancer Survivor Filling a Niche with Nipples
(JTA) — Michelle Kolath-Arbel squeezes a nipple, rolling it in her fingers with a look of mild disgust. This model, which Kolath-Arbel ordered from China two years ago for $50, is thick and crude and took three months to arrive in the mail. “It was hard, rubbery,” she said. “It looked like a doll’s. My…
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Fast Forward UN Official Accuses Israel of Excessive Force in Occupation
The U.N. human rights investigator for Gaza and the West Bank called on Israel on Thursday to investigate what he called excessive force used by Israeli security forces against Palestinians and to prosecute perpetrators. Makarim Wibisono, United Nations special rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories, also challenged Israeli authorities to charge or release…
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The Schmooze Drool Over the Oscars Swag Bag Free Trip to Israel That You’re Not Getting
Whether or not Leonardo DiCaprio finally wins Best Actor at this year’s Academy Awards, he’ll at least take home a free trip to the Holy Land. As announced last week, 26 of the presenters and nominees in the highest-profile Oscars categories will get a record-setting $200,000 “goody bag” — with the most valuable item being…
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Opinion Bernie Sanders Should Embrace His Kibbutz Past — Not Shrink From It
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders must have cringed when the name of his mystery kibbutz finally came to light last week. Almost as soon as the world found out where he had volunteered after finishing his undergraduate degree in 1963, blogs started up the spin machine with the intent of tagging Sanders as a “Marxist…
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